The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-26

congressional legislation regarding
your peopIe?"
ut won't amount to anything. 1t
is the result of narrow mindedness
and ignorance. MormOnism has
principle; it has truth, and will con-
vert the world"
"Rather slow about it, Ell ?"
"The cause that is prosecuted must
be slow, but wins in time. Do you
suppose / would undergo ali that l
have for two years that 1 would
leave home, where was getting a
salary of nearly thousand dollars a
year, and go out into the world with
out purse or scrip, and stand the jeers
and taunts of the world, unless | was
sincere in my convictions ?''
HOW LONG THEY WILL STAY.
"What progress haye you made at
this place ?'
1--WE have met with some encour-
agement; but amid such narrow
minded and bigoted people as we
have to deal with, it is uphill work"
"How long will you remain?"
II don't know. / will probably
return to Utah in short time, and
my companion, Brother Mecham, will
remain until another elder is sent to-
help him."
Twill you pay any attention to the
threats that have been made against
you, if you do not leave?"
I'VE shall not notice them, and
will remain as long as we please"
us it your intention to prosecute
your work any further in Maryland?"
ut is our intention to prosecute our
work as far as we cam"
Nelson seemed to grow FESTIVE I'M
der such close questioning. and grew
reticent and suspicious. He did not
know to whom he was talking, and
weighed well every word he said, as
if afraid of committing himself too
far. He complained bitterly of the
attacks made on them by the county
press, particularly the Oakland RE-
PUBLICAN, which has shown them up
at great length. Several commune
cations, he said, he had sent to this
paper for publication, all of which
had been refused. The last was
signed by five citizens of McHenry
and Cherry Tree Meadows, but was
very properly not published by the
editor of the REPUBLICAN,. The ar.
ticle was afterwards published in the
Deseret Evening NeaoS, of Salt Lake
City.
NELSON'S REPORT OF HIS WORK.
The following letter in the Southern
Mission was also written by Nelson
to the same paper:
MCHENRY, Nd, Feb. 2. 1887.
Editor DeSeret Ne,0s
| At a conference in OrinocO, Va,
the writer was appointed one of two
elders to open up the first field of la
Dor in the State of Maryland. AS
our labors in this direction have, by
the blessing of God, been fairly sue
cessful, it may not be uninteresting
to your readers to follow our foot
prints through the snow to such a
blessed consummation. The snow
was fast falling. and the wind, dress
ing itself in white, Whistled a coldly
scornful tune. and left its fantastic
tracks in many crested snowdrft
on the cold December morning that
we set out for our new field. Our
friends demonstrated against our
leaving on such day, and desired us
to remain until the storm bloWed
over. 1t was not mere spirit of
reckless adventure that caused US to
persist in our journey. Buoyed up
by vigorous health and glorying in
the consciousness that we were bear
ing message that would save, we
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having an opportunity in showing
what we would do for the Gospels
sake. In due time we reached Gar
rett county, the point of the Pan
Handle. Our first meeting was held
at Africa. a center of reviyalism, but
differing from its namesake, not only
in the color of its inhabitants, but also
ia the fact that they were all saved.
A weeks work spent among these
people convinced us that here was no
soil for the Gospel seed, so we trayel-
ed one days journey further north to
] our present location. We found a
people here willing to listen to the
truths of heaven, and so fond of sound
doctrine, that we have held about
thirty-five meetings inside of two
months. Many are earnestly inves.
tigating, reading the Book of Nor.
mon and other works, and some
have declared themselves convinced.
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